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Protesters decried New Zealand's 'convenient' silence on Japan's nuclear waste release at a rally in Auckland on Friday.

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By Zhong Sheng Groups of Japanese citizens recently gathered in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Prime Minister's Office of Japan to protest against Japan's nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan. They believe that it is criminal behavior to discharge the wastewater from Fukushima into the…

Japan’s plan to dump Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean in spring 2023 has sparked widespread concerns and protests throughout Japan and the Pacific countries. A New Zealand-based sociologist has called on Japan to stop nuclear colonialism and targeting less geopolitically powerful countries, saying that countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, including New Zealand, should take legal action to stop the move.

Chinese officials, experts and industry representatives from Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) have voiced growing common concerns over Japan's unilateral decision to discharge nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean. China, along with Russia, has presented a joint list of technical questions to Japan in November 2022, but the Japanese side has failed to answer either by distorting concepts, evading the crucial part or even refusing to talk about the matter, Chinese officials said.